At least one economist worries we’ll be mostly poorer.
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We asked four of our regular economics writers to examine a key theme they expect to flare up in 2018 and why.
The 1994 Employment Minister Simon Crean even had to be briefed by officials on the content of the policy when Working Nation was released.
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Cabinet papers released today by the National Archives show Working Nation began as a rational exercise but was soon overtaken by a desire to make the policy everything to everyone.
China’s true economic strength could be overstated as statistics suggest that the US are still top dog.
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As Australia increasingly looks to Beijing for economic opportunities, questions must be asked about the true extent of China’s economic strength
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Here in the business and economy team at The Conversation, we love charts. This year we’ve made plenty of good ones with academics.
Don’t think, just shop.
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Rather than simply trying to trick people, the masters of marketing know it’s much easier to understand and work with innate human flaws.
The gap between rich and poor is growing.
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Discussions around inequality have lacked hard data – until now. A new report shows inequality levels around the globe.
Diners eat at Katz’s Delicatessen in New York, New York.
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According to a new study, there’s a big gap between how much we think we spend on eating out and how much we’re actually spending.
Actress Viola Davis focused her speech at
the 2015 Emmy Awards on diversity, saying ‘The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.’
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An analysis of more than 800 top-grossing films suggests diverse movies struggle in front of international audiences.
Post-war Australia experienced a boom with full employment and falling inequality.
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The federal government could restore its commitment to creating full employment in Australia, using its spending power to make up for any shortfall in private jobs as it did during the post-war boom.
Computer-based technologies in the workplace are suggested to be causing a reduction in the total amount of work available.
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Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences than ever before.
Hyper-efficient.
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There are different measures of productivity and the nature of the UK’s problem depends on which one we are looking at.
The paper recognises China will continue to dominate consumption of Australia’s minerals exports, tourism and education services.
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You will find no revisionism in this foreign policy white paper; the first foreign policy white paper since 2003 is firmly in the camp of the status quo.
Academics put Hammond in the spotlight.
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November 22, 2017
Chris Jones , Aston University ; Donald Hirsch , Loughborough University ; Ed Turner , Aston University ; Geoff J Rodgers , Brunel University London ; Gwilym Pryce , University of Sheffield ; Jill Rubery , University of Manchester ; Linda Bauld , University of Stirling ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Paul Nieuwenhuis , Cardiff University , and Peter Bloom , The Open University
Academics deliver their verdict on Philip Hammond.
Hundreds of frozen turkeys are lined up waiting to be defrosted, cooked and eaten.
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An economist explains why turkeys defy the economic laws of supply and demand.
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Putting money into the hands of local communities will be a more useful antidote to the whims of world capitalism.
Paper chains hang on the White House fence in Washington in October 2010 during a demonstration against the IMF and World Bank neoliberal economic policies during their annual meeting. Has the term neoliberalism run its course?
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The term “neoliberalism” has a rich history but has it run its course as an accurate concept when so many people have such different understandings of what it means?
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The UK lags behind poor nations when it comes to young business owners, so what’s stopping them taking the plunge.
Most Puerto Ricans are still in the dark, as is the mainland about the recent hurricanes’ economic impact.
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Although Puerto Ricans are American citizens, what happens on the island tends to stay there, at least in terms of economic data.
Data shows gender disparities in networking.
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The low share of women revealed in this data is problematic for two reasons: a lack of diversity, and what it shows about women’s participation in the social network of informal collaboration.
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Is the 61% spike in the price of Brazil nuts this year because we’re going nuts for nuts?